Iowa First in the Nation Status up for review on March 11th

[Debi]

....The Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee will meet in Washington on March 11 to again tackle the delicate question of the caucus and primary calendar. It will consider a recommendation by a party commission that would keep Iowa first but insert some other states into early slots. Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson sits on the committee and intends to be at the meeting, Democrats say...

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/NEWS09/602120335/1056

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Couldn't hurt to let the Lt. Governor/Party Chair hear why we want Iowa to remain first (and that we want her to work with New Hampshire to keep them first as we have been working together for the last 30 years).


Also from the story:

Nussle and Lightfoot not the best of friends:

There never was a lot of love lost between those two, particularly after Lightfoot charged that Nussle "sold out" Iowa in a very nasty 1995 fight over ethanol, back in the early morning of the Republican revolution.

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I thought Nussle wanted Ethanol mandates? is this another one of his 'clarifications'? Anyone know the story on this?